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Housing
Median sold price £215,000 last 12 months4,549 completed salesTerraced £191,000Flat or maisonette £140,000404 problems reported to the council through FixMyStreet this week FixMyStreetParking and vehicles was the most reported problem this week FixMyStreet667 brownfield sites on Sheffield's register, 358 hectares put forward for housing planning.data.gov.uk39 conservation areas touch Sheffield planning.data.gov.ukAverage private rent in Sheffield was £931 a month in August 2026, +4.3% on a year earlier ONSA one-bedroom home in Sheffield rents for £690 a month on average, a two-bedroom home £840 (August 2026) ONSThe draft Sheffield Plan finds room for 26,364 homes on 240 sites, 76% on brownfield land Sheffield City Council7,196 empty homes in Sheffield in October 2025, 2,651 of them empty for more than six months MHCLG15.1% of Sheffield's 252,656 homes are council homes MHCLGType a postcode and see how its neighbourhood ranks against the other 125 in Sheffield Full area report341 km² of Sheffield is mapped at 55 dB or more from road traffic (Lden) Defra noise mapping 201714.3 km² sits in the loudest road band, 75 dB or more Defra noise mapping 2017

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Local context and safer renting

Housing in Sheffield

Understand an area, know the checks to make and find local support before you commit to a room or home.

Sheffield housing guide. Explore practical renting checks, Sheffield area records and local housing organisations while the property marketplace is being prepared.

Before you rent, buy or move in

Check any Sheffield postcode

One page about that exact spot: what homes cost and how many are rented, whether it is noisy, how the neighbourhood measures for deprivation, flooding, air, policing and recorded crime, the nearest GP, pharmacy, dentist and school, the stops you can walk to, green space, food hygiene, planning going through, and what actually happens there. Or ask about the street instead and get what is affecting it right now. Every figure names its source and its date, and anything we do not hold says so.

Built from the stored open-data snapshots listed on each answer. Postcode positions from postcodes.io, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Before you pay

Six checks worth making

A viewing and a written agreement matter more than a convincing message or a rushed deadline.

  1. See the home

    Visit in person where you safely can. Never rely only on photographs, video or a social profile.

  2. Check who is letting it

    Ask the landlord or agent to show who they are and that they have authority to let the property.

  3. Read the whole agreement

    Check the rent, bills, deposit, term, notice rules and every fee before signing or transferring money.

  4. Protect the deposit

    For most private tenancies the landlord must protect the deposit in a government-backed scheme and provide the prescribed information.

  5. Check safety documents

    Ask for the energy certificate, gas-safety record where gas is fitted, electrical report and smoke or carbon-monoxide alarm information.

  6. Keep a record

    Save the advert, agreement, inventory, receipts and messages. Photograph the condition and meter readings when you move in.

Use this practical checklist alongside tenancy-specific legal advice and the current rules for your agreement. Check the current private-renting guidance on GOV.UK.

Local area links

Start with the area

Explore places already connected to local events and venues. Counts show how much local Sheffield Events content is tagged to each area.

Local support

Housing organisations in the directory

These are published Charity Commission records classified under accommodation and housing. Check the organisation’s own details before relying on a service.

  • Charity no. 1135238

    Africa United

    Africa United works to improve the lives of African people and other minority communities in Sheffield and neighbouring towns. AU provides free…

  • Charity no. 1120401

    Ashiana Sheffield

    Ashiana has over thirty years' experience of working with Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic & Refugee (BAMER) adults, children & young people fleeing…

  • Charity no. 1154862

    Assist Sheffield

    The relief of Asylum Seekers who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.The advancement of the education of the public, and…

  • Charity no. 518591

    Autism Plus Limited

    The charity provides Residential and Supported Living services for adults with autism and other disabilities. Other key associated services includes Adult Learning,…

  • Charity no. 1110314

    Causeway Charitable Services

    Causeway supports marginalised and vulnerable people to recover from trauma and develop safe and fulfilling futures. Our modern slavery and crime reduction…

Council tenants and applicants

Neighbourhood housing offices

Sheffield City Council’s local housing offices, with the published opening times and contact for each area.

Source: Sheffield City Council open data, Open Government Licence v3.0. Check the council’s own page before travelling; office arrangements change. Checked 19 Oct 2026. Dataset record

Worried about losing your home or unsafe tonight?

Use Help near you for foodbanks, community venues and support contacts. For urgent housing advice, use the council or Shelter’s current guidance rather than waiting for a listing here.

Useful next steps

Check the wider neighbourhood

  • Local map

    See venues, services and what is around an address or area.

  • Directory

    Browse Sheffield businesses, venues and organisations already held by the site.

  • What’s on

    Get a feel for what is happening nearby before choosing where to live.

Living here 10 cards

Census 2021

Homes and cars

Tenure and car ownership for the 231,994 households counted in Sheffield at the 2021 census.

Tenure

Owned outright
31%
Owned with a mortgage
27.3%
Shared ownership
0.3%
Council rented
15.6%
Other social rented
7%
Private rented
16.8%
Other private rented
1.9%
Lives rent free
0.1%

Cars and vans

No car
29.2%
One car
42.5%
Two cars
22.1%
Three or more
6.2%

Most car-free neighbourhoods

Share of households with no car or van. Across Sheffield it was 29.2%.

  1. Netherthorpe 67.7% 1,280 households
  2. Cathedral Quarter 67.3% 909 households
  3. Little Sheffield 63.6% 817 households
  4. Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor 62.9% 1,500 households
  5. Upperthorpe 54.8% 1,712 households
  6. Newfield Green 54.3% 1,478 households

Where private renting is most common

Share of households renting privately. Across Sheffield it was 18.7%.

  1. Cathedral Quarter 73.4% 909 households
  2. Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor 69.4% 1,499 households
  3. Neepsend 64.2% 1,057 households
  4. Wicker 57.2% 915 households
  5. Sharrow Vale 56.3% 1,175 households
  6. Lowfield 54.4% 1,312 households

Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, via Nomis, Open Government Licence v3.0. Neighbourhood figures sum the census areas whose population-weighted centres (ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026) fall inside each boundary. Census 2021 on Nomis · All data sources

Sheffield has 345 small areas (LSOAs). The 2019 Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks every LSOA in England; 82 of Sheffield's sit in the most deprived tenth nationally and 34 in the least deprived tenth, one of the widest spreads of any English city.

Most deprived: Sheffield 039A (Woodthorpe), Sheffield 012F (Southey), Sheffield 012E (Southey). Least deprived: Sheffield 041C (Lodge Moor), Sheffield 055A (Parkhead), Sheffield 041D (Fulwood).

Every small area on the Sheffield map, coloured by decile

Deprivation: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 by LSOA (MHCLG) with ONS population-weighted centroids, Open Government Licence v3.0. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of England. Indices of Deprivation 2019 · ONS Open Geography Portal · All data sources

Department for Education

School absence in Sheffield, 2024/25

Persistent absence (10% or more of sessions missed): 21.3% of pupils in Sheffield in 2024/25, against 18.1% across England. Severe absence (50% or more of sessions missed): 3.7% of pupils in Sheffield in 2024/25, against 2.4% across England. All state-funded schools; the figures are for the whole local authority, not any one school.

Contains Department for Education data from the Explore education statistics API, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data set: Absence for persistent and severe absentees (version 1.0), published 26 Mar 2026, Sheffield local authority (E08000019) and England. Checked 10 Oct 2026. Pupil absence in schools in England · Open Government Licence v3.0 · All data sources

Average monthly rents for private tenants in Sheffield in August 2026, from the Price Index of Private Rents. The figures cover the whole city and describe rents paid by all private tenants, not just new lets, so a home advertised today will usually ask more. These are official statistics in development: the ONS is still refining the method, and figures for recent months can be revised.

Average private rent in Sheffield
£931 a monthAugust 2026
Change on a year earlier
+4.3%August 2026
Rent index, January 2023 = 100
124.2August 2026
Yorkshire and The Humber average
£865, +4.9%August 2026
United Kingdom average
£1,400, +3.8%August 2026

By number of bedrooms

  • One bedroom · £690 a month+4.1% on a year earlier
  • Two bedrooms · £840 a month+4.2% on a year earlier
  • Three bedrooms · £967 a month+4.7% on a year earlier
  • Four or more bedrooms · £1,339 a month+3.7% on a year earlier

By property type

  • Detached · £1,233 a month+3.7% on a year earlier
  • Semi-detached · £990 a month+4.7% on a year earlier
  • Terraced · £923 a month+4.5% on a year earlier
  • Flat or maisonette · £774 a month+3.9% on a year earlier

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, official statistics in development. Edition 16 September 2026. Checked 19 Oct 2026. Next release 21 October 2026. Dataset · ONS bulletin · All data sources

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheffield's 252,656 homes

The official estimate of every home in Sheffield at 31 March 2025, who owns it, and how many stand empty. Private homes are owner occupied or privately rented; housing association homes are those of private registered providers of social housing.

Council homes
38,15315.1% of homes
Housing association homes
17,9067.1% of homes
Private homes
196,53177.8% of homes
Empty homes
7,1962.8% of homes, 6 October 2025
Empty for more than six months
2,6516 October 2025
Empty council homes
71731 March 2025, 1.9% of council homes
Sheffield homes by tenure at 31 March 2025.
Sheffield homes by tenureA ring of 252,656 homes: council 38,153, housing association 17,906, other public sector 66 and private 196,531.Council 15.1%Housing association 7.1%Other public sector 0%Private 77.8%
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Sheffield homes by tenure
TenureHomes at 31 March 2025
Council38153 homes
Housing association17906 homes
Other public sector66 homes
Private196531 homes
Empty homes in Sheffield each October from 2004 to 2025, all and long-term.
Empty homes in Sheffield by yearTwo lines from council tax records: every empty home, and those empty for more than six months.All empty homesEmpty for more than six months02223.544476670.5889420042007201020132016201920222025
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Empty homes in Sheffield by year
YearAll empty homesEmpty for more than six months
20048884 homes3559 homes
20058182 homes3678 homes
20068248 homes3878 homes
20078554 homes3557 homes
20088894 homes3629 homes
20098188 homes3229 homes
20108147 homes3345 homes
20117699 homes3328 homes
20126714 homes2719 homes
20136156 homes2409 homes
20145583 homes2186 homes
20156092 homes2095 homes
20165724 homes1995 homes
20176209 homes2204 homes
20186387 homes2433 homes
20196606 homes2482 homes
20206404 homes2862 homes
20216763 homes2838 homes
20227116 homes2702 homes
20237301 homes2644 homes
20247423 homes2453 homes
20257196 homes2651 homes

The council tax list, 6 October 2025

Homes on the list
262,909every separately banded home, student cluster flats included
Exempt from council tax
18,175
Exempt because students live there
14,12277.7% of exemptions
Empty and exempt
2,166for example awaiting probate, repossessed or left for care
Empty and charged the empty homes premium
1,490
Second homes
937

Stock figures are estimates built on the census and yearly net additions, provisional from 2022. Empty homes are counted from council tax records on the first Monday in October; council and housing association vacants on 31 March. Sheffield took a new area code after a small boundary change with Barnsley on 1 April 2025, and the two codes are joined here as one series. The 2025 figures are provisional.

Contains public sector information from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (live tables on dwelling stock and vacants, and the Council Taxbase), Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 19 Oct 2026. Live tables on dwelling stock · Council Taxbase · All data sources

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

Broadband and mobile across Sheffield

268,249 premises in the Sheffield local authority area, as reported to Ofcom for July 2025 and published 19 November 2025.

Gigabit-capable
93%
Full fibre available
91%
Full-fibre take-up
42% of all premises
300 Mbit/s or faster
94%
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or faster)
98%
Below the broadband USO
38 premises

Mobile coverage is published for Sheffield as a whole: outdoor 4G from all four operators reaches 99.8% of premises, 5G from at least one operator 99.7%, and a good outdoor 4G or 5G signal from every operator 96.1%.

Highest gigabit availability

  1. Richmond 100% 2,748 premises
  2. Woodthorpe 100% 2,364 premises
  3. Frecheville 100% 2,235 premises
  4. Shirecliffe 100% 1,977 premises
  5. Longley 100% 1,621 premises
  6. Charnock 100% 1,476 premises

Lowest gigabit availability

  1. Bradfield 0% 385 premises
  2. Little Sheffield 42% 749 premises
  3. Endcliffe 46% 861 premises
  4. Cultural Industries Quarter 50% 2,131 premises
  5. Sandygate 51% 1,342 premises
  6. Castlegate 55% 970 premises

Neighbourhood figures need at least 300 premises. Every neighbourhood page shows its own availability shares beside the Sheffield figure. Browse the neighbourhoods

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 data downloads (data for July 2025, published 19 November 2025), Ofcom copyright, reproduced under Ofcom's terms of use and the Open Government Licence v3.0. Output areas placed with ONS Open Geography lookups and population-weighted centroids, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 data · All data sources

Completed sales, last twelve months

What Sheffield homes actually sold for

Completed sales registered from 20 Oct 2025 to 28 Aug 2026. 4,549 standard sales with a Sheffield postcode.

Median price
£215,000
Middle half of sales
£160,250 to £300,000
Detached
£360,000 807 sales
Semi-detached
£217,750 1,735 sales
Terraced
£191,000 1,403 sales
Flat or maisonette
£140,000 604 sales

Highest neighbourhood medians

  1. Whirlow £658,000 16 sales
  2. Parkhead £610,000 9 sales
  3. Dore £587,500 38 sales
  4. Fulwood £545,000 26 sales
  5. Ranmoor £495,000 13 sales
  6. Worral £462,500 7 sales

Lowest neighbourhood medians

  1. Osgathorpe £72,500 8 sales
  2. Page Hall £78,500 12 sales
  3. Wicker £84,000 7 sales
  4. Tinsley £84,000 16 sales
  5. Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor £88,975 12 sales
  6. Firshill £105,000 6 sales

Neighbourhood figures need at least 5 sales. Every neighbourhood page shows its own sales, quartiles and the most recent street-level completions. Browse the neighbourhoods

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Medians use standard sales only; the Land Registry’s additional category (for example buy-to-let and repossessions) is excluded. These are actual registered sales, not the mix-adjusted UK House Price Index estimate. Data is published one to two months in arrears and does not include every sale. Checked 18 Oct 2026. Price Paid Data · All data sources

How Sheffield homes are held, Census 2021
How Sheffield homes are held, Census 2021How Sheffield homes are held, Census 2021Sheffield07.815.523.331OwnedoutrightOwned witha mortgageSharedownershipCouncilrentedOthersocialrentedPrivaterentedOtherprivaterentedLives rentfree
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How Sheffield homes are held, Census 2021
PointSheffield
Owned outright31 %
Owned with a mortgage27.3 %
Shared ownership0.3 %
Council rented15.6 %
Other social rented7 %
Private rented16.8 %
Other private rented1.9 %
Lives rent free0.1 %
Cars and vans per Sheffield household, Census 2021
Cars and vans per Sheffield household, Census 2021Cars and vans per Sheffield household, Census 2021Sheffield010.621.331.942.5No carOne carTwo carsThree or more
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Cars and vans per Sheffield household, Census 2021
PointSheffield
No car29.2 %
One car42.5 %
Two cars22.1 %
Three or more6.2 %
Sheffield neighbourhoods by deprivation decile (IMD 2019)
Sheffield neighbourhoods by deprivation decile (IMD 2019)Sheffield neighbourhoods by deprivation decile (IMD 2019)Sheffield LSOAs020.54161.5821 (most deprived)2345678910 (least deprived)
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Sheffield neighbourhoods by deprivation decile (IMD 2019)
PointSheffield LSOAs
1 (most deprived)82
236
326
422
531
631
726
827
930
10 (least deprived)34

Getting around 2 cards

Traffic on Sheffield's roads

  • M1 southbound between J31 and J32: 68,997 vehicles on Mon 29 Jun · average 65 mph · 27.7% large vehicles
  • M1 34 to 34: 138,072 motor vehicles a day (2025) · estimated
  • M1 34 to 35: 136,926 motor vehicles a day (2025) · counted
  • M1 35 to LA boundary: 127,194 motor vehicles a day (2025) · counted

Traffic counts: National Highways WebTRIS, Open Government Licence v3.0. WebTRIS publishes with a lag, so the latest day shown is weeks old. Annual average daily flows: Department for Transport road traffic statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Estimated points are modelled from earlier counts. WebTRIS · DfT

Daily traffic at the busiest counted roads, last ten years
Daily traffic at the busiest counted roads, last ten yearsDaily traffic at the busiest counted roads, last ten yearsM1 34 to 34M1 34 to 35M1 35 to LA boundaryM1 LA Boundary to 34A630 A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd034518690361035541380722016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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Daily traffic at the busiest counted roads, last ten years
PointM1 34 to 34M1 34 to 35M1 35 to LA boundaryM1 LA Boundary to 34A630 A57 to B6200 Handsworth Rd
20161166381106211098738625767307
20171151191086281083458990167447
201811721511060810920610607469941
201911848611189911250611250771554
20209235587085899156811955994
20211107151071341121328153559141
20221196991161681143278748063023
20231230111189551365989869473617
202412403111973313748711095164959
202513807213692612719411293472654

Environment and sky 1 card

Road and rail noise across Sheffield

Defra's strategic noise maps model annual average noise (Lden) from roads and railways. The table shows how much of the Sheffield area falls in each band; anything under 55 dB is not mapped.

Band (Lden)Road, km²Rail, km²
75 dB or more14.30.8
70 to 75 dB24.93.5
65 to 70 dB46.95.1
60 to 65 dB88.79.0
55 to 60 dB166.615.3

Road noise on the map · Rail noise on the map

Noise bands: Defra strategic noise mapping, England Round 3 (2017), Lden. © Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs copyright and/or database right. Open Government Licence v3.0. Round 4 (2022) is published only as rasters, so these are the Round 3 (2017) vector bands. Defra Data Services Platform

Council and democracy 4 cards

199lodged in the last 30 days
421awaiting a decision
Fullcommonest type this month
Broomhill And Sharrow Valebusiest ward this month
  • UndecidedThe Chimes 18 Vicar Lane City Centre Sheffield S1 2EH Application to allow alteration too orientation of cladding (Amendment to planning permission 25/03268/FUL)Amendment · Undecided · City · lodged 19 Oct · council record
  • Undecided24 Cooks Wood Road Sheffield S3 9AB Single-storey rear extension – the extension will be 5 metres from the rear of the original dwellinghouse, ridge height no more than 4 metres and height to the eaves of 3 metresOutline · Undecided · Burngreave · lodged 19 Oct · council record
  • Undecided15 Lyndhurst Road Sheffield S11 9BJ Removal of a tree (Nether Edge Conservation Area)Trees · Undecided · Nether Edge And Sharrow · lodged 16 Oct · council record
  • Undecided83 Townhead Road Sheffield S17 3GE Pruning of trees (Dore Conservation Area)Trees · Undecided · Dore & Totley · lodged 15 Oct · council record
  • Undecided78 Mill Road Sheffield S35 9XQ Application to approve details in relation to condition numbers: 4 (Surface Water Drainage), 5 (Photovoltaic Panels), 6 (External Materials and Finishes), 7 (Landscape Scheme), 9 (Surface Water Discharge), and 12 (Biodiv…Conditions · Undecided · East Ecclesfield · lodged 14 Oct · comments by 9 Nov · council record
  • Undecided19 Chelsea Road Sheffield S11 9BQ Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for installation of two rooflights to front of dwellinghouse (Application under Section 192)Outline · Undecided · Nether Edge And Sharrow · lodged 14 Oct · council record
  • Undecided12 Broomgrove Road Sheffield S10 2LR Removal of trees (Broomhall Conservation Area)Trees · Undecided · Broomhill And Sharrow Vale · lodged 14 Oct · council record
  • Undecided49 Twentywell Road Sheffield S17 4PU Alterations to roof including erection of rear dormer extension, erection of two-storey side, single-storey rear extension and porch to front of dwellinghouse (Application under Section 73 to vary condition 2 (Approved P…Full · Undecided · Dore & Totley · lodged 14 Oct · comments by 15 Nov · council record

Every recent application on the Sheffield map · Search all Sheffield applications on UK PlanIt

Planning applications: UK PlanIt, aggregated from Sheffield City Council. Check the council record before relying on any detail; documents are linked, never copied. UK PlanIt · All data sources

The brownfield land register lists 667 previously developed sites in Sheffield put forward for housing, covering about 357.7 hectares; 521 already hold planning permission. 39 conservation areas touch the city, where extra planning rules protect the character of the streets.

Brownfield sites
667
Hectares
357.7
With permission
521
Conservation areas
39

The ten biggest sites on the register

  1. Former Steins Tip, Station Road, Deepcar Estimated to comprise of 31 Apartments and 382 HousesS03193 · 24.58 ha · has planning permission · Sheffield City Council · council record
  2. Bannerdale Centre & Park Site, Carter Knowle Road Estimated to comprise of 62 HousesS02057 · 14.89 ha · has planning permission · Sheffield City Council · council record
  3. Site Of Properties At Scowerdons Drive, Silkstone Road, Spa Brook Drive, Wickfield Close (Scowerdons Phases 1b, 1c,2, 4,5, 6) Estimated to comprise of 272 HousesS01467 · 9.48 ha · no permission yet · Sheffield City Council · council record
  4. Parson Cross College (SW) – Remington Rd/ Monteney Rd New Parson Cross Masterplan Area Estimated to comprise of 242 HousesS00781 · 7.70 ha · has planning permission · Sheffield City Council · council record
  5. Site A Stocksbridge Steelworks Estimated to comprise of 185 HousesS00671 · 6.80 ha · no permission yet · Sheffield City Council · council record
  6. Manor Boot Houses Estimated to comprise of 256 HousesS00711 · 6.61 ha · has planning permission · Sheffield City Council · council record
  7. Darnall Works Estimated to comprise of 20 Apartments and 60 HousesS02893 · 6.51 ha · no permission yet · Sheffield City Council
  8. Newstead Estate, Birley Estimated to comprise of 141 Apartments and 76 HousesS03214 · 6.49 ha · no permission yet · Sheffield City Council · council record
  9. Manor 12 & 13 Harborough Avenue (The Circle / Fretson Road) Estimated to comprise of 210 HousesS03183 · 6.10 ha · has planning permission · Sheffield City Council · council record
  10. Former Outokumpu Steelworks off Ford Lane, North of Manchester Road, Stocksbridge Estimated to comprise of 115 HousesS01259 · 6.01 ha · has planning permission · Sheffield City Council · council record

1 article 4 direction area on the platform touches Sheffield: OS 2200 and 3600 at West Nab, Wortley (1973). Sheffield City Council's own directions, including the one on houses in multiple occupation, have yet to be published there.

The brownfield land dataset on planning.data.gov.uk · Conservation areas by neighbourhood

Contains planning.data.gov.uk data published by Sheffield City Council and neighbouring planning authorities under the Open Government Licence v3.0; conservation area boundaries © Historic England, containing Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 10 Oct 2026. planning.data.gov.uk · All data sources

Draft Sheffield Plan

Where Sheffield plans to build

The draft Sheffield Plan allocates 293 sites for development up to 2039. 240 of them would take new homes, 26,364 in all, and 76% of those homes are planned on brownfield land. The rest are workplaces, mixed use and leisure.

Allocated sites
293
Homes planned
26,364
Sites with homes
240
Homes on brownfield
76%
Greenfield sites
51

The biggest housing sites

  • HC07 Buildings at Wellington Street and Trafalgar Street, S1 4HFStrategic Housing Site · 1,015 homes · 0.31 ha · brownfield
  • SES29 Handsworth Hall Farm, Land at Finchwell, Road, S13 9ASStrategic Mixed Use Site · 870 homes · 56.40 ha · greenfield
  • SES30 Bramley Lane/Beaver Hill Road, HandsworthStrategic Housing Site · 827 homes · 35.28 ha · greenfield
  • HC08 Moorfoot Building, The Moor, S1 4PHStrategic Housing Site · 714 homes · 1.79 ha · brownfield
  • HC03 Land and buildings at St Mary's Gate and Eyre Street, S1 4QZStrategic Mixed Use Site · 650 homes · 1.60 ha · brownfield
  • NES37 Land between Creswick Avenue and Yew, Lane, S35 8QNStrategic Housing Site · 592 homes · 29.80 ha · greenfield
  • KN36 Land at Penistone Road and Rutland Road, S3 8DGStrategic Housing Site · 572 homes · 3.07 ha · brownfield
  • CH05 Chapeltown Road, Chapeltown/EcclesfieldStrategic Housing Site · 549 homes · 19.62 ha · greenfield
  • CW03 West Bar Square, S3 8NWStrategic Mixed Use Site · 525 homes · 3.13 ha · brownfield
  • ES22 Attercliffe Canalside, Land to the north of Worthing Road, S9 3JNStrategic Housing Site · 476 homes · 4.73 ha · greenfield

Most homes planned by neighbourhood: Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor (2,933 homes) · Devonshire Quarter (2,334 homes) · The Moor (1,826 homes) · Neepsend (1,818 homes) · Handsworth (1,724 homes)

This is the draft Sheffield Plan as amended by the Main Modifications, not an adopted plan. After the spring 2026 consultation the Inspectors asked the council for a further round of changes, the Further Main Modifications, before they write their final report, so sites, boundaries and capacities can still change. Until the plan is adopted, planning decisions still rest on the Core Strategy (2009) and the saved Unitary Development Plan policies (1998). The Further Main Modifications consultation is open until 5pm on 28 October 2026. The Sheffield Plan, its examination and how to respond

Site allocations: Sheffield City Council, Main Modifications Sheffield Plan Policies Map, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Dataset: Site Allocation · All data sources

Planning applications lodged in Sheffield, by week
Planning applications lodged in Sheffield, by weekPlanning applications lodged in Sheffield, by weekApplications lodged0193857763 Aug10 Aug17 Aug24 Aug31 Aug7 Sep14 Sep21 Sep28 Sep5 Oct12 Oct19 Oct
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Planning applications lodged in Sheffield, by week
PointApplications lodged
3 Aug67
10 Aug60
17 Aug42
24 Aug49
31 Aug48
7 Sep65
14 Sep67
21 Sep52
28 Sep58
5 Oct76
12 Oct30
19 Oct2

Money and energy 5 cards

Cheaper, greener electricity today

Greenest time to charge today

23:30 to 01:30

About 13 gCO2/kWh, the lowest two hours in the next day. Right now the Yorkshire grid is low carbon at 69 gCO2/kWh; the dirtiest half hour is 09:00 at 80.

Generation mix now: 44% biomass, 43% wind, 5% imports, 4% gas.

Carbon Intensity API, CC BY 4.0. Forecast for the S1 postcode district.

Cheapest electricity half hours on Agile

The rest of today, Yorkshire Agile Octopus unit rates including VAT. Tomorrow appears after 4pm.

  1. 22:30 to 23:00: 9.2p/kWh
  2. 22:00 to 22:30: 12.5p/kWh
  3. 21:30 to 22:00: 18.1p/kWh
  4. 21:00 to 21:30: 23.2p/kWh
  5. 20:30 to 21:00: 24.7p/kWh
  6. 20:00 to 20:30: 28.7p/kWh

Tariff E-1R-AGILE-24-10-01-M. Only Agile customers pay these rates; other tariffs differ. Source: Octopus Energy API (terms).

Great Britain is generating

23.4 GW

At 05:30: 51% wind, 21% nuclear, 13% biomass, 11% gas. Demand 21.9 GW.

Elexon Insights Solution, initial outturn, half-hourly.

What you should be paying for electricity in Yorkshire, and help if the bill is the problem

Carbon intensity and generation mix: National Energy System Operator Carbon Intensity API, CC BY 4.0. Forecasts, not meter readings. Electricity prices: Agile Octopus unit rates for Yorkshire (including VAT) from the Octopus Energy API, used under the Octopus API terms. Only Agile customers pay these rates; check your own tariff. GB generation and demand: Elexon Insights Solution, initial outturn data.

Cheapest petrol and diesel near you

11 forecourts across Sheffield with prices submitted in the last week through Fuel Finder. Pence per litre.

Unleaded (E10)

  1. 169.9p Morrisons MFG MORRISONS SHEFFIELD MEADOWHEAD, SHEFFIELD S8 7UE
  2. 169.9p Texaco SGN – BIRLEY MOOR, SHEFFIELD S12 4WH
  3. 169.9p Cecil Penney Ltd cecil penney ltd, SHEFFIELD S36 6HF
  4. 171.9p Tesco SHEFFIELD DINNINGTON SUPERSTORE – PETROL FILLING STATION, SHEFFIELD S25 2PF
  5. 172.9p Asda Sheffield Manor Top Supermarket ASDA SHEFFIELD MANOR TOP SUPERMARKET, SHEFFIELD S12 2AB
  6. 172.9p Total Harvest Energy Coal Aston EG COAL ASTON PFS, SHEFFIELD S18 3AA
  7. 172.9p Esso CHAPELTOWN ESSO EXPRESS, SHEFFIELD S35 1SA
  8. 172.9p BP Beighton Park Service Station, SHEFFIELD S20 1DP

Diesel (B7)

  1. 192.9p Valero Marsh Lane Filling Station, SHEFFIELD S21 4BQ
  2. 195.9p Sainsbury's SAINSBURYS ARCHER ROAD, SHEFFIELD S8 0TD
  3. 195.9p Morrisons MFG MORRISONS SHEFFIELD MEADOWHEAD, SHEFFIELD S8 7UE
  4. 195.9p Texaco SGN – BIRLEY MOOR, SHEFFIELD S12 4WH
  5. 197.9p Eg On The Move EG SHEFFIELD PFS, SHEFFIELD S2 1GE
  6. 197.9p Asda Sheffield Manor Top Supermarket ASDA SHEFFIELD MANOR TOP SUPERMARKET, SHEFFIELD S12 2AB
  7. 197.9p Esso CHAPELTOWN ESSO EXPRESS, SHEFFIELD S35 1SA
  8. 197.9p Tesco SHEFFIELD DINNINGTON SUPERSTORE – PETROL FILLING STATION, SHEFFIELD S25 2PF

Every forecourt, all four fuels, and the cheapest one on your route

Every forecourt on the map · latest feed 21 Oct 2026 20:43

Fuel prices: DESNZ Fuel Finder statutory open data, Open Government Licence v3.0. Pence per litre as submitted by forecourt operators; prices can lag the pump. DESNZ Fuel Finder

Forecast grid carbon for Yorkshire over the next 24 hours
Forecast grid carbon for Yorkshire over the next 24 hoursForecast grid carbon for Yorkshire over the next 24 hoursForecast gCO2/kWh, Yorkshire02040608008:0011:0014:0017:0020:0023:0002:0005:00
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Forecast grid carbon for Yorkshire over the next 24 hours
PointForecast gCO2/kWh, Yorkshire
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Agile Octopus half-hour unit rates for Yorkshire
Agile Octopus half-hour unit rates for YorkshireAgile Octopus half-hour unit rates for YorkshireToday p/kWh012.224.436.648.800:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Agile Octopus half-hour unit rates for Yorkshire
PointToday p/kWh
00:0023.3 p/kWh
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Median forecourt prices in Sheffield by brand
Median forecourt prices in Sheffield by brandMedian forecourt prices in Sheffield by brandMedian E10 p/litreMedian B7 p/litre050100149.9199.9ValeroMorrisonsTexacoCecilPenneyLtdSainsbury'sTescoAsda Sheffield Manor Top SupermarketEssoTotal Harvest Energy Coal AstonBPEg OnTheMove
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Median forecourt prices in Sheffield by brand
PointMedian E10 p/litreMedian B7 p/litre
Valero169.9 p/litre192.9 p/litre
Morrisons169.9 p/litre195.9 p/litre
Texaco169.9 p/litre195.9 p/litre
Cecil Penney Ltd169.9 p/litre195.9 p/litre
Sainsbury's170.9 p/litre195.9 p/litre
Tesco171.9 p/litre197.9 p/litre
Asda Sheffield Manor Top Supermarket172.9 p/litre197.9 p/litre
Esso172.9 p/litre197.9 p/litre
Total Harvest Energy Coal Aston172.9 p/litre198.9 p/litre
BP172.9 p/litre199.9 p/litre
Eg On The Move174.9 p/litre197.9 p/litre

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Getting about

EV chargers, cycle parking and cash machines mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers.

© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Positions and details are as mapped by volunteers; check before relying on them. Contains data from the Toilet Map © 2025, CC BY 4.0 (toiletmap.org.uk).

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Sales across Sheffield by month

Completed sales with a Sheffield postcode each month, Nov 25 to Aug 26, and the median price in each month.
Sheffield sales and median price by month4,203 standard sales over 10 complete months, as columns for the count and a line for the monthly median. The latest month is usually low because the Land Registry publishes in arrears.£150k£200k£250k6190Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Sales in the monthMedian price
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Sheffield sales and median price by month
MonthSalesMedian price
Nov 25619£212,500
Dec 25578£208,750
Jan 26446£219,000
Feb 26506£220,000
Mar 26492£214,535
Apr 26382£215,000
May 26354£210,000
Jun 26358£215,000
Jul 26364£226,000
Aug 26104£200,000

Highest and lowest neighbourhood medians

The ten neighbourhoods with the highest median sold price and the ten with the lowest, from the 128 with at least five sales. The Sheffield median was £215,000.
Highest and lowest neighbourhood median sold pricesRanked bars: the top ten in the accent colour, the bottom ten in grey. Each label links to the neighbourhood page.£329k£658kWhirlow£658,000Parkhead£610,000Dore£587,500Fulwood£545,000Ranmoor£495,000Worral£462,500Bents Green£453,000Lodge Moor£450,000Bradway£425,000Totley£425,000Cultural Industries Quarter£108,500Netherthorpe£108,000Cathedral Quarter£107,250Devonshire Quarter£106,000Firshill£105,000Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor£88,975Tinsley£84,000Wicker£84,000Page Hall£78,500Osgathorpe£72,500
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Highest and lowest neighbourhood median sold prices
NeighbourhoodMedian priceSales
Whirlow£658,00016 sales
Parkhead£610,0009 sales
Dore£587,50038 sales
Fulwood£545,00026 sales
Ranmoor£495,00013 sales
Worral£462,5007 sales
Bents Green£453,00015 sales
Lodge Moor£450,00033 sales
Bradway£425,00039 sales
Totley£425,00065 sales
Cultural Industries Quarter£108,5008 sales
Netherthorpe£108,00015 sales
Cathedral Quarter£107,25012 sales
Devonshire Quarter£106,0007 sales
Firshill£105,0006 sales
Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor£88,97512 sales
Tinsley£84,00016 sales
Wicker£84,0007 sales
Page Hall£78,50012 sales
Osgathorpe£72,5008 sales

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Census 2021 tables via Nomis; population-weighted centroids from ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. All data sources

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Recorded crime in Sheffield, August 2026

South Yorkshire Police recorded 7,501 offences across the city in August 2026, the most recent whole month the Home Office has published. Crime data comes out about two months in arrears, so this is not a picture of today.

These are counts for a neighbourhood, not for a street or a home. The locations the Home Office publishes are anonymous map points that stand for a stretch of street, so no figure here says where anything happened, and none of them is stored on this site.

Recorded crime in Sheffield by offence type, August 2026
Offence typeRecordedShare of all crime
Violence and sexual offences2,44832.6%
Anti-social behaviour1,31717.6%
Shoplifting1,00213.4%
Criminal damage and arson5707.6%
Public order5307.1%
Other theft3664.9%
Vehicle crime3634.8%
Burglary2793.7%
Neighbourhoods with the most recorded offences, August 2026
NeighbourhoodOffences recordedMost recorded type
City Centre249Violence and sexual offences
Cathedral Quarter136Violence and sexual offences
Woodhouse132Violence and sexual offences
Darnall115Violence and sexual offences
The Moor110Shoplifting
Hillsborough109Violence and sexual offences
Southey109Violence and sexual offences
Tinsley105Violence and sexual offences

A busy city-centre neighbourhood records more offences than a quiet residential one partly because far more people are in it. These are counts, not rates, and they are not a ranking of how safe anywhere is to live.

1,700 offences fell outside every neighbourhood boundary and are counted in the city total only.

Recorded crime by neighbourhood on the map · The force's own crime map

Recorded crime from data.police.uk, published by the Home Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are for whole calendar months and are published about two months in arrears, so they are never a picture of today. The published locations are anonymous map points chosen by the Home Office to stand for a stretch of street, not addresses, and this site keeps neighbourhood counts only: no point, street or record is stored. Recorded crime counts what was reported to and recorded by the police, which is not the same as what happened.

What people are reporting to the council

1,604 problems were reported to Sheffield City Council through FixMyStreet in the last 30 days, across 138 neighbourhoods.

These are reports, not findings. Somebody saw something and told the council about it through FixMyStreet. A report can be mistaken, a duplicate of another, or already dealt with, and the status beside it is the status FixMyStreet holds rather than a statement about the street today.

Problems reported to Sheffield City Council through FixMyStreet, last 30 days
What was reportedReports in 30 daysShare
Fly tipping and rubbish69243.1%
Parking and vehicles40024.9%
Roads and potholes16310.2%
Trees, parks and grass1167.2%
Something else905.6%
Pavements and paths855.3%
Graffiti and damage311.9%
Street lighting191.2%
Signs, bins and street furniture80.5%

FixMyStreet answers with the newest 1,000 reports and no more, so the figures above are at least that many rather than the exact total.

Of the 2,000 reports held here, 1,938 are still marked open on FixMyStreet (97%) and 0 are marked fixed. A report stays open until somebody marks it otherwise, so an open report is not proof that nothing was done, and a report whose status changed after it dropped out of the feed still reads as it did then.

Reported problems on the map · Report something, or read the reports on FixMyStreet

Street problem reports from FixMyStreet, built by the charity mySociety and sent to Sheffield City Council. Each entry is one person's report, not a verified fact: it may be wrong, already fixed or a duplicate, and the status shown is the status FixMyStreet holds. The report text, photographs and reporter names stay on FixMyStreet; only the category, status, date and location are held here. FixMyStreet publishes no open licence for report content, and its feeds are used with credit and a link back.

Official monthly data

Sheffield house-price context

July 2026

Average price
£219,713
First-time buyer
£194,060
Annual change
2.8%
Monthly change
0.2%

UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, covering completed Sheffield sales. The index is HM Land Registry’s mix-adjusted monthly estimate for the whole city; the sold-price block is the median of actual registered sales over twelve months, so the two figures measure different things. Current rental and asking-price sources will appear separately.

Recorded crime in Sheffield by offence type, latest published month
Recorded crime in Sheffield by offence type, latest published monthRecorded crime in Sheffield by offence type, latest published monthOffences recorded, August 20260612122418362448Violence and sexual offencesAnti-social behaviourShopliftingCriminal damage and arsonPublicorderOthertheftVehiclecrimeBurglaryDrugsOthercrimeRobberyPossession of weapons
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Recorded crime in Sheffield by offence type, latest published month
PointOffences recorded, August 2026
Violence and sexual offences2448
Anti-social behaviour1317
Shoplifting1002
Criminal damage and arson570
Public order530
Other theft366
Vehicle crime363
Burglary279
Drugs182
Other crime143
Robbery116
Possession of weapons85